Hear the messages that Father Jeremiah delivers each week
to the congregation of Grace Anglican.
What is the difference between Abraham and Martha’s approach to the Lord? How does this come to be known to us through the stories of Genesis 18 and Luke 10? Father Jeremiah walks us through these two texts so that we can learn stillness before the Father.
Image: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Johannes Vermeer, Public Domain. Image Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_(Jan)_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
When Jesus sent the 70/72 disciples out to all the places that he would go, the receiving of them was a receiving of himself and the rejection of them was a rejection of himself. What does this mean? It means that Jesus is going with his people wherever he sends them. He goes with us that we might be strengthened in all that we do by his working through us.
image: 70 Apostles. Public Domain. image location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:70Apostles_V-1.jpg
Father Jeremiah completes his series on the vocational life with this teaching on Mary and Martha. What is the one thing necessary that Mary had found and that Martha needed? How do work and rest come together in vocation? How do we both rest and toil at the same time? Listen to Father Jeremiah’s conclusion now.
Image: A an etching by Jan Luyken from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations housed at Belgrave Hall, Leicester, England, photo taken by Phillip Medhurst [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Luyken%27s_Jesus_15._Martha_and_Mary._Phillip_Medhurst_Collection.jpg
The story of the Good Samaritan is an iconic story. You can find references to it in nearly every facet of our culture. However, what was so revolutionary about Jesus’ words that made this such a message that would go beyond time itself? It is because of the impossibility of the task that Jesus sets forth to his questioner. It is an impossibility that continues to exist for us today. What can we do with this impossible task in our daily vocations?
Image: The Good Samaritan, Rembrandt [CC0]. Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Good_Samaritan_MET_DP814420.jpg
Father Jeremiah continues to lead us through his series on the vocational life. In this third sermon, he shows us how we are empowered to serve by the Holy Spirit in all of our vocations because Jesus has called to be in those vocations.
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